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Its hard to believe that this is already the fourth issue of This Week in Property Tax. Winter is quickly coming to a close, despite the weekly 'Nor Eastern we have been getting at the Axiomatic offices. A few interesting articles from the week:

China's Housing Marketing Slowing Down

Scranton Leaders Asking for First County-Wide Reval in 50 Years

Scranton city leaders are asking the Lackawanna County County commissioners to conduct a county-wide reassessment. Something that has not been done in 50 years! Video and article can be found HERE from wnep.com. I wonder what Dunder Mifflin's office is worth....

Kansas Business Group Labels Property-Tax Bill for Schools with ‘Number of the Beast’

The Garden State is not Going to Take it

NJ Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. and other democrats are accusing the IRS of "naked political payback" for refusing to allow taxpayers to deduct prepaid 2018 property taxes. Read more from NJ.com here.

A Texas Sized Ruling

The Texas Supreme Court made a major ruling in the EXLP Leasing LLC et al. v. Galveston Central Appraisal District case that could have huge impacts across the State. Read more from Baker Botts here.

Notre Dame Helping St. Joseph Assessor to Improve Quality

Notre Dame University's Mendoza College of Business is partnering at no cost with St. Joseph County assessors office to study different approaches to improving their valuation methods. Read more from the South Bend Tribune here.

"Bloodbath" On the Other Side of the Pond

Theresa May is being warned that 20,000 high street stores could shut by 2020 in a business rates “bloodbath” unless the Government freezes the sky-high property tax. Read more from the UK Sun here.

What is the Impact of Amazon HQ2 on Taxes?

Indianapolis is in the running for Amazon HQ2. The Purdue Extension muses on the potential impact to property tax rates. Read more here.

Suburban Philly Property Tax Map

Interesting article and visuals (scroll down in the article) on the counties surrounding Philadelphia and their varying property tax burdens. Read more from the Inquirer here.

Philly Mayor Proposes 6% Property Tax Increase to Fund Schools

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is asking the City Council to pass a 6% property tax increase to solve a nearly $1 bn deficit plaguing the city's public school system. Read (and watch) more from NBC10 here.

For those of you who follow the Axiomatic blog, you know that we like to post articles from around the Country covering a variety of taxation issues. Feeling the urge to try something new, we are now going to be posting blog articles "en masse" each week entitled "This Week in Property Tax". Here we go!

New Yorker's in close proximity to subway stations may find themselves paying more taxes? Interesting article from the New York times outlining MTA's ability to levy property taxes that you can read HERE.